My Love Is Blind To Your Body

ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
The Honest Perspective
2 min readApr 18, 2021

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A parent’s love should never come with rules or limitations.

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I named your body, you name your self.

The name I gave my child belongs to their body and my idea of who they are, who they might become.

As much as I would like to believe otherwise I have no way of knowing them, all the depths and nuances of their evolving nature. I can’t because so much of who we…

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ADEOLA SHEEHY-ADEKALE
The Honest Perspective

Writing on the female experience, race, motherhood & self-development. Columnist at The Green Parent magazine. Follow me on IG @adeola_moonsong.